Drenching-bottle.



G. DAWKINS.

DRE NCHING BQTTLE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1916.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

anoe/wtoz G DRWKINS GORDIE DAWKINS, OF TRUXNO, LOUISIANA.

DRENCHING-IBOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

Application filed August 12, 1916. Serial No. 114,562.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GORDIE DAWKINS, citizen of the United States,residing at Truxno, in the parish of Union and State of Louisiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Drenching-Bottles, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improved drenching bottle and has for itsprimary object to provide a very simply constructed device of thischaracter for administering medicine to horses, cattle or other domesticanimals.

It is another important object of the invention to provide a drenchingbottle which is so constructed that all liability of the neck of thebottle being broken off and the possible choking or strangulation of theanimal obviated.

The invention also has for an additional object to provide means whichwill permit of the free flow of the liquid down the throat of the animaland without spilling or wasting the same.

It is a further general object of my invention to improve and simplifythe construction of devices of the above character whereby the same maybe manufactured at relatively small cost.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which,

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved drenching bottle; and Fig.2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof.

Referring in detail to the drawing, 5 designates the body of the bottleand 6 the reduced, elongated, longitudinally extending neck portionthereof. The bottle is entirely constructed of rubber or other suitableflexible material, the body portion thereof having relatively thickwalls and being comparatively rigid, while the elongated neck portionwill readily bend or flex in any direction.

In one side of the body wall of the bottle, an opening 7 is formedcommunuicating with the interior thereof, and an annular recess ordepression 8 is formed in the outer surface of the bottle wall,concentric with this opening. Spaced ears 9 are formed upon the wall ofthe bottle at one side of the annular recess 8 and a lever 10 has itsshank portion pivotally mounted upon the pin 11 fixed in these ears. Oneend of this lever is formed with a cap or head 12 having a leather disk13 suitably secured to its bottom face. A leaf spring 14 is fixed at oneof its ends to the other end of said lever, said spring bearing at itsfree end against the wall of the bottle. This spring normally holds thelever in the position shown in Fig. 1 with the closure head 12 thereofengaged in the recess 8 and the leather disk 13 bearing tightly upon thebase wall of said recess. Thus, an air-tight closure is provided for theopening 7 in the wall of the bottle and the escape of its contentsprevented.

In the use of my improved bottle, the body portion thereof is grasped inthe hand and the elongated neck inserted down the throat of the animal.With the finger of the hand grasping the bottle, the end of the lever 10is depressed so as to raise the closure head 12 thereof and permit theair to enter the interior of the bottle so that the liquid will flowfreely and steadily from the neck of the bottle down the animals throat.It will thus be seen that I have devised a drenching bottle which may bequickly and conveniently manipulated to administer the medicine andwithout waste thereof or great discomfort to the animal. The bottle may,of course, be constructed in various sizes and of any desired capacity.

While I have shown and "described the preferred construction andarrangement of the several features of the invention, it is to beunderstood that the same is susceptible of considerable modificationtherein and I, therefore, reserve the privilege of adopting all suchlegitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scopeof the invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim andsecure by Letters Patent is A drenching bottle entirely constructed ofrubber and having a relatively rigid body portion and a reduced,elongated, flexible neck portion, the body wall of the bottle beingprovided with an opening in one side thereof and an annular recess inthe outer the usethereof, wherebythe valve head ma y face of said wallsurrounding said opening, be inoved to its open position. 1

a valve lever pivotally mounted upon the In testimony whereof I hereuntoaflix my Y body Wall having a head on one end for ensignature in thepresence of tWo Witnesses. 5 gagenient in said recess,"an'd a springnor- 'GORDIE DAWKINS.

mally holding the valve head in its closed. Witnesses: V 7 position,said lever being operated by the 'ToM DAWKINS, ffingers of the handholding the bottle in 7 J. M. DAWKINS.

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